Jonathan Gutierrez
Europe Japan Trade Consultant
TraDeveloPR [Europe Japan B2B]
Rijeka, Croatia & Tokyo, Japan
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About me
I’m Jonathan Gutierrez, an international business practitioner connecting Japan, Europe, and Latin America with a hands-on, relationship-first approach.
Experience: 15 years across Europe, Latin America, Canada, Japan; recently discovering opportunities in South Korea & Southeast Asia. (energy, agrifood, technology).
2023- Japan market entry manager and brand representative for OEM SMEs (multisector, Tokyo Nagoya Osaka Fukuoka)
2023- Central Europe trading consultancy in Croatia, Adriatics - Nordics corridor.
2023 Recognised as Best Practice Alumni by BMWK (Germany) and GIZ; Invited speaker at the 25th-anniversary ceremony of Partnering in Business with Germany.
2016–2020 commissioned work in public agencies include: (1) by European Commission as ELAN Network Latam Business Support Partner in collaboration with RVO, TNO & representative agencies in 7 Latam countries; (2) European Commission & GIZ in Low Carbon Business Action Brazil as Feasibility Project Leader; (3) RVO & Embassy of the Netherlands in Mexico as executive trainer and renewables liason; and (4) CGA & Embassy of Canada in Mexico as ICT Market Accelerator coaching coordinator.
2014 Awarded as National Energy Open Data Accelerator (RVO & Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands).
2013-2015 Speaker at UN COP21 (Paris), DG CLIMA (Brussels), and the European Space Agency (Netherlands).
Education (selected):
MSc Sustainable Energy Technologies, specialisations Wind - Aerospace - Control Eng., TU Eindhoven/TU Delft (NL);
BSc Product, Process & Production Dev., specialisations global industry management - industrial robotics, Aalborg University (DK);
BSc Mechatronics Engineering, specialisation Manufacturing, Tec de Monterrey (MX);
Executive energy venture lab programme at University of Groningen Business School (NL);
and Food Value Chain & Agribusiness Promotion course at Co-Creation Program by JICA at Ehime University (JP).
Certifications: ITC SME Trade Academy—export sales, trade compliance, circular economy, agrifood standards, e-commerce (UN online training, Geneva, Switzerland).
Languages: Spanish & English (bilingual); German & Dutch (limited professional); Japanese (business basic); Danish (A1).
Based seasonally between Japan, Europe, and Mexico.